Epidermal club cells and the innate immune system of minnows

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 891-897

  Halbgewachs, Colin F ^a   Marchant, Tracy A ^a   Kusch, Robin C ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alarm; Cortisol; Fathead; Respiratory bursts; Schreckstoff

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INNATE BEHAVIOR; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SKIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CYPRINIDAE; OSTARIOPHYSAN; OSTARIOPHYSI; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70450225303     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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